Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Luxury Group by Marriott International, the unrivaled portfolio of eight hotel brands including The Ritz-Carlton, Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, EDITION, The Luxury Collection, JW Marriott, and W Hotels, today announces a curated slate of exclusive experiences in collaboration with urban air mobility platform Blade Urban Air Mobility, Inc.

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Food Safety Magazine

JULY 5, 2024

Consumer watchdog group Safe Food Advocacy Europe (SAFE) recently published a position paper calling upon the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to set legally binding limits for contaminant acrylamide in foods.

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Food Safety Tech

JULY 5, 2024

Last week, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico said two employees of the U.S.D.A.’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were assaulted and detained while traveling in the Mexican state of Michoacán, where they had been surveying orchards and packing plants. The employees were later released, but the episode led to a temporary halt of inspections of avocados and mangoes destined for the United States.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Maintaining a strong hotel brand is essential for long-term success in the hospitality industry, as the behemoths Marriott, Hilton and Accor prove. Robust brands provide stability and reliability, crucial during uncertain times. Smaller brands and independent hotels invest in guest experience, but often not in their brand. Despite the convenience of third-party platforms, small brands and independent hotels have the opportunity to run a direct-first strategy by controlling their brand and safegu

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Foodservice Equipment Reports

JULY 5, 2024

In addition to serving up summertime offerings like shredded beef birria, mango lemonade and key lime pie crepes, several restaurant brands are advertising plans to put down new roots. Among the new month’s announcements are a few firsts, including a first franchisee for one beverage brand and a state debut for another.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Meliá Hotels International expands its portfolio in Greece with the signing of a new franchise agreement under the label INNSiDE by Meliá in Elounda, Crete, signaling a new chapter in lifestyle travel within the country. This move introduces a fresh concept to Greek hospitality - a premium lifestyle brand geared towards the discerning tastes of the new generation of travelers.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Episode three of the Shiji Insights Podcast features Fernando Vives, Chief Commercial Officer at Minor Hotels, who shares his wealth of experience and thoughts on reputation’s influence on revenue, the concept of attribute-based selling (ABS), and current trends in the hospitality industry. The Shiji Insights Podcast aims to provide listeners with valuable perspectives from industry leaders, and this episode is no exception.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

In this episode of Hotel Moment, host Karen Stephens is joined by Nick Cavanaugh, Founder and CEO of Sensible Weather. Together, they discuss the technical and financial aspects of providing a weather guarantee and how Sensible partners with hotels and booking platforms to integrate this service seamlessly into the booking flow. They also touch on the increased demand for travel insurance post-COVID, Sensible Weather’s strategic partnership with AMEX Ventures, and their plans for expanding their

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

One of the hospitality industry’s key bottom-line metrics, gross operating profit per available room measures the relationship between hotel revenues and expenses. In general, the better you understand GOPPAR, the better you will be at turning revenue into profit. That is why it is important to benchmark your GOPPAR, along with the other key P&L metrics, on a consistent basis.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

In June 2024, we reached a major milestone with the eco-certification of our 1,000th hotel, bringing us closer to our ambitious goal of achieving 100% of our network eco-certified by 2026. Join us as we spotlight inspiring stories showcasing properties and their journeys towards a more sustainable model through their pursuit of eco-certifications.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Melissa Lou is a woman with many interests, and is unafraid of pursuing them. Currently a Senior Venture Architect at Boston Consulting Group X (X.Ventures) which invents, builds, scales and invests in startups with the globally established companies; she had previously co-founded Delegate, an events startup that provides technological tools to create offline, virtual, and hybrid event environments.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

With slightly over three weeks until the start of Paris 2024, SiteMinder, the name behind the only software platform that unlocks the full revenue potential of hotels, has analysed hotel arrivals during the Olympics period (26 July to August 11), and compared them to the same dates last year. The results are derived from SiteMinder’s platform, which generates more than 120 million reservations annually, worth over US$50 billion in revenue for its more than 41,000 hotel customers.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Artificial intelligence is a game-changer for hospitality, not least for the new ways in which it will appeal to customers throughout the booking process. Chief among these is a more personalized experience. According to Amadeus’ 2024 Travel Tech Investment Trends for the hospitality sector, 85% of those surveyed anticipate that personalization could help them to deliver more than 5% growth in incremental value.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

With less than a month to go until the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, Airbnb bookings in the Paris area have increased significantly.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Germans’ desire to travel in summer 2024 is greater than it has been for a long time. Significantly higher prices do little to change this.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Located in the heart of Hobart, DoubleTree by Hilton Hobart is slated for opening within 2024.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

Aparium Hotel Group launches Hotel Heron in Alexandria, beckoning travelers and locals to experience the new Old Town.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

All the performance indicators are on the up again this May. While the weather continues to fluctuate and the geopolitical situation in Europe remains difficult, hotel activity in the region is once again on the up. Average prices are continuing to rise, while occupancy is resuming the upward trend seen in the first few months of the year. Spain and Greece are taking centre stage, buoyed by a quest for sunshine, while Northern Europe is still suffering from relatively cool temperatures for the s

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has today revealed that the sector’s contribution to Egypt’s GDP grew almost 24% last year to reach a record E£953BN - nearly 21% ahead of the previous peak.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has today revealed a record-breaking year for Travel & Tourism in Kenya, contributing KES1TN to the national economy in 2023.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

A new series of online training sessions for hospitality businesses, focusing on community engagement, energy and greenhouse gases, as well as food and water management, has been developed by Booking.com in collaboration with UN Tourism. The courses have been launched on the Tourism Online Academy (TOA), a collaborative project between UN Tourism and IE University.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

BWH Hotels today announced the addition of the Aruba Boutique & Art Hotel to the BW Signature Collection® portfolio. The property’s addition to the portfolio marks the re-entry of BWH Hotels to the Aruba market, providing travelers with the brand’s signature accommodations in one of the Caribbean’s most popular destinations. The property opened in the heart of Palm Beach, Aruba in April 2024.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

JHR is Acquiring Two Hotels Each in Okinawa and Tokyo for a Total of JPY 56.2 Billion, MRA Acquires the Randor Hotel Hiroshima Prestige in Hiroshima for JPY 2.58 Billion, Ananda Sold Five Service Apartment Business Subsidiaries for THB 2.54 Billion, TAP Secures SGD 5.33 Million from Apricot Capital in Funding Exercise for Planned Expansions, Tuan Sing Holdings Limited Announces Rebranding of Hyatt Regency Perth Hotel in Perth, Australia.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

When it comes to human needs and desires, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’. That’s nothing new, of course, yet it’s only in recent years that technology and big data have allowed personalization to permeate our lives, from targeted product ads on social media to tailored music and film recommendations on streaming services and customized guest services at a hotel.

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Hospitality Net

JULY 5, 2024

B&B HOTELS is pleased to announce that it has completed its second U.S. deal for a hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. This marks another milestone for B&B HOTELS which brings its highly successful lease model to the United States. The successful opening of the first hotel in Orlando, only four months ago, has led to a growing interest in Europe’s fastest-growing midscale hotel brand with its real estate investor Batipart, which has supported the hotel chain since day one in this new U.S. project.

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JULY 5, 2024

Hotel opening marks the 3rd Wyndham hotel in Udaipur.

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JULY 5, 2024

Pop quiz time!

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